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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1803
Born: May 25
Died: 1882
Died: April 27
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R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
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It is doubtless a vice to turn one's eyes inward too much, but I am my own comedy and tragedy.
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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.
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